Table 2 Distribution of future compliance with EEW (“Would you continue acting upon public guidelines?”).
From: Monitoring public reaction to an unnecessary earthquake early warning alert
“Would you continue acting upon guidelines?” | Full sample (N = 1043) | Participants who received the false EEW (N = 462) | Participants who did not receive the false EEW (N = 490) | Full 2023 sample (N = 867) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 = Definitely not | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% |
2 = probably not | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
3 = Either yes or no | 5.7% | 5.2% | 5.9% | 13.8% |
4 = probably yes | 29.5% | 28.8% | 29.2% | 48.3% |
5 = Definitely yes | 61.9% | 61.9% | 63.3% | 31.8% |
Mean = 4.50 SD = 0.78 Median = 5.00 | Mean = 4.47 SD = 0.82 Median = 5.00 | Mean = 4.54 SD = 0.70 Median = 5.00 | Mean = 4.04 SD = 0.86 Median = 4.00 |
